Sindh’s main minister Sharjeel Inam Memon said on Thursday that the storm sewers had been authorized in advance and credited the provincial government of his party for his monsoon rainy management.
Addressing a press conference in Karachi, he accused some media houses of having carried out a pre-plane campaign against the Sindh government led by the Pakistani people party while referring to a report published in Dawn Journal This recognized improved drainage.
Memon said that storm drains had been eliminated in advance and that heavy machines were deployed for drainage. But gaps could have occurred, he conceded.
Earlier, the mayor of Karachi, Murtaza Wahab, said that the city was faced with record precipitation more than 200 mm while its drainage system had only 40 mm capacity.
“Citizens have encountered difficulties, and for that, we apologize,” he said, adding that the Sindh-in-chief, Murad Ali Shah, had personally monitored help efforts.
The press conference began with prayers for journalist Khawar Hussain, who was found killed in Sanghar earlier this month.
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Pakistan remains one of the lowest contributors to global emissions, but carries the weight of climate change, said Memon, echoing Wahab’s remarks, awarding yesterday the collapse of the city’s road network to record precipitation.
Manghopir recorded 246 millimeters of rain and Korangi 140 millimeters, said Memon.
He referred to the death and destruction of the Mousson rains at Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, where the toll takes place after 445 killed, the Punjab, which recorded 165 deaths, alongside 40 deaths in Sindh, 23 in Balutchistan and eight in Islamabad.
Even colder countries now experience temperatures up to 45 degrees Celsius, said Memon.
He attributed to the Provincial Government to be practically practical to senior officials, including the chief minister and local government officers being on the ground during the rains.
Recalling the past floods, Memon said that the United Nations Secretary General had once expressed his alarm in the face of the city’s drainage mechanism and said that the Sindh government led by the Pakistani peoples party had managed to resolve this challenge.
Responding to criticisms of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), Memon accused the chief of the MQM-P Farooq Sattar of having tried to politicize the problem. Memon added that he had no objection to sit with Sattar and asked why, if the chief of the MQM-P was so worried, if he had boycotted the local elections.
